---
id: CVE-2026-13701
title: >-
  The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape
  one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which
  could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html
  capability…
summary: >-
  The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape
  one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which
  could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html
  capability…
severity: none
published: '2026-08-10'
updated: '2026-08-10'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13701'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2710686c-055c-460c-8480-573e394f24d8/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-08-10T07:39:17.140Z'
epss: 0.00168
epssPercentile: 0.06534
---

## Overview

The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html capability, such as on multisite) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of any visitor viewing affected pages.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.